Removal of Nawaz Sharif and the future of Pakistan
We know, since the assassination of the first Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan in 1951, no Pakistani Prime Minister has been able to complete his or her full term in office. However, someone's stating this becomes clichéd or worn-out unless one discerns the different circumstances leading to each removal and dismissal.
29 July 2017, 18:00 PM
29 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Two disasters, two countries, two peoples
Surprisingly, “baby boomers” (born between 1946 and 1960)—the generation that took part in the Liberation War—and “millennials” (born between mid-1980s and early 2000s) of Bangladesh (both supposed to be articulated, brave, and liberal), to put it mildly, also seem to be apathetic and opportunistic, even during times of national emergencies.
2 July 2017, 18:10 PM
2 July 2017, 18:10 PM
Trump's Riyadh rendezvous
Although there's no reason to take Donald Trump's erratic behaviour, and his ambivalent and unsavoury assertions seriously, we can't ignore what he staged in Riyadh in the name of defeating Islamist terrorism on May 21.
25 May 2017, 18:00 PM
25 May 2017, 18:00 PM
STRANGER THAN FICTION / What's so “interesting” in Bangladesh today?
Interest-ingly, “interesting” is an English expression, which may hide one's actual opinion about something one considers “interesting”.
7 May 2017, 18:00 PM
7 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Trump hits Syria / A gambit and a war crime
There are contrad-ictory opinions about who on April 4 used chemical weapons, which killed more than 80 civilians, including children in the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhun in Syria.
9 April 2017, 18:00 PM
9 April 2017, 18:00 PM
ISIS threats in Bangladesh - Denials and Delusions
It has happened again! In the wake of the latest round of terror attacks in Bangladesh, with ISIS claiming credit for it, authorities in the...
27 March 2017, 18:00 PM
27 March 2017, 18:00 PM
CHILD MARRIAGE RESTRAINT ACT 2017 / Another regression therapy for Bangladesh?
A recent move by the Government to allow child marriage under special circumstances is tantamount to excluding many Bangladeshis from the benefits of growth and development.
9 March 2017, 18:00 PM
9 March 2017, 18:00 PM
STRANGER THAN FICTION / Corruption in Bangladesh: Perceptions vs. reality
The country has already become a lower middle-income country. So far so good! However, these indexes don't always tell us the whole truth about the states of governance, corruption, poverty, inequality, and most importantly, frequent violations of human rights across the country.
3 February 2017, 18:00 PM
3 February 2017, 18:00 PM
No place for “anti-Indians” in Bangladesh!
I am not sure if Mr Sengupta, his party people and followers have even thought of the implications of kicking out all so-called “anti-Indian” people from Bangladesh.
12 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Obama's Drone War: Indiscriminate Killing and Selective Apology
On April 23 President Obama publicly apologised for the deaths of two Western hostages – one American and one Italian – killed accidentally by a U.S. drone attack on an al Qaeda camp in mid-January, somewhere in Pakistan.
2 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Can Mamata really deliver?
THE brouhaha in Bangladesh about Mamata Banerjee's recent visit is astounding. The widest possible media coverage of what Ms. Banerjee “assured” Bangladesh about its due share of the Teesta water -- in the most condescending manner -- is unbelievable.
1 March 2015, 16:29 PM
Bangladesh crisis in the mirror of historical sociology
ENOUGH has already been written, discussed and debated on the ongoing political crisis in Bangladesh, especially with regard to the usefulness of a meaningful dialogue between Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia to resolve the crisis, albeit in the short term. However, all the unsolicited advice seems to have gone down the Buriganga, which is also as polluted as Bangladesh politics.
15 February 2015, 18:00 PM